George Orwell: sites associated with the writer

On the anniversary of George Orwell's death, we look at sites around the world
associated with his life

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Born Eric Athur Blair in 1903, Orwell spent the first year of his life in
India. His father worked in the Opium Department of the Indian Civil
Service. His birthplace, Motihari, in the state of Bihar, lies close to the
border with Nepal and can be reach by train from Kolkata to the south-east,
or Lucknow to the west. The Orwell connection had been largely unknown in
Motihari until 2003, when a number of journalists visited to mark his 100th
birthday. The city's highlights include the Moti Jheel lake, while the
world's tallest Buddhist stupa can be found in Kesaria, a few miles south.